Even by the standards of Sinatra’s other Capitol ballad albums, Only the Lonely is a beautifully broken statement of hopelessness. Guided by Nelson Riddle’s arrangements, Frank stumbles through a nameless town, buying rounds for an entire bar, having an emotionally apocalyptic run-in with an old flame, bemusedly eyeing the onset of spring. Here the spare “One for My Baby” and a...
For the second of his 1960s television specials, Frank Sinatra organized the show around the loose theme of “rhythm,” and chose for his exploration two artists of impeccable credentials: the scat stylings and jazz-influenced delivery of Ella Fitzgerald and the quiet Latin groove of Brazilian bossa nova legend Antonio Carlos Jobim. The program combines beautiful ballads (“Ol’ Man...
Recorded live in the historic, Capitol Records studios in Hollywood, Frank Sinatra Jr.’s latest album features musical gems written by Marilyn & Alan Bergman, Cahn/Van Heusen, Bricusse/Newley, and other famed composers, and the arranging artistry of Nelson Riddle, Torrie Zito, and Billy May, among other greats. Sinatra Jr.s’ big band performances are beloved worldwide—now, for the first time in...